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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
From ssoO,O 600 to Nothing.

BosroN, February s.-John c. Leighton,
for nineteen years clerk of the Municipal
Court in this city, is charged with being
short in his accounts, according to a state
ment attributed to City Auditor Dodge.
Dodge this morning emphatically denied
making the statement attributed to him
by a morning paper, hat Leighton's &C
counts were 5000. 900 short. Dodge said
he had no authority to see the books of
tho clerk of the court, and therefore could
not make such q statement as he is cred
tied with.
LArER.-The statement that Leighton's
d~efalcations will amount to 5000, 900, the
Journal says, cannot at this stage at least
be borne out, as there is not the least evil
dence a. yet upon which a complaint could
be maintained that should charge him with
even with the embezzlement of $1,000.
Judge Forsythe declared this afternoon
that L%eighton's shortage, il any, was a
very small sum.
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also dtd great e~xecu7on. We had Q plungfng
fire down upon o mass Of halG-naked fellows,
and 10 must have woeded out . full third o.
them. There was nd air stirring and the
smoke soon grew thick about Us. By and by
the shouts and yells Of the pirates sounded
close at hand, and their craft were laid
alongside. We now flung down the muskets
and used the revolvers and pixies. When the
revolvers were empty we used capstan bars,
dubbed muskets, or whatever would serve
to strike a blow. One dhow lay IN our quar-
ter and the other on the bow, and the fellows
tried to carry us by boarding.
I can't describe the fight to you, further
than to say that there was shooting, club
bling and stabbing all along our port rail.
and twice. I Drained pirates who reached
by I heard some one sing out that the fellows
had boarded us forward. I did not see how
w could spare q man from the quarter, Tor
two had gone down and the rest Of us were
hard pressed. AL of q sudden I thought OF
two shells lying at my feet. There were half
q dozen burning wads on our decks from the
jingles Of tho pirates, and with one OF these l
lighted the fuse to a threesecond shell and
gave the ball q toss for the dhow. 1t fell right
into the thickest Of her crew, and it was q
settler. Our rail was clear in half a minute,
and then I picked up another shell and a
burning wad and ran forward. A dozen
natives had gained the bow and were pushing
our men back. lighted the fuse and gave
the she'll a roll along the deck into the
crowd, and I give you my word that not
one of them was left alive after the explo-
sion. One of our men on the quarter threw
q third shell, and I brought the fourth IN
and threw it from the bow.
The fight was ended. A bit of wind blew
the smoke away and we looked down upon q
terrible sight. The boats seemed full Of dead
and wounded, the living having sought
shelter under the half decks. Why, there
were bodies without heads, heads without
bodies, and. arms and legs and pieces of
bloody meat enough to make the bravest
turn pale. As we cut their lashings they
drifted of, and the American with his big
rifles, and two or three Of the men with
muskets, kept upa fire OF everything that
moved. Presently the breeze came up, and
we made sail and got the bark where we
could handle her w ran down for the dhows.
They were light built, and it needed only q
fair blow to crush them. The first one we
struck on her starboard quarter, and, al
tho bark glanced of, we crushed in
her timbers, and she filled and went down in
side Of five minutes. There were about
twenty living men on the other, and as we
bore down for her at a good pace they uttered
shouts of terror and made signs of surrender.
Our captain had no mercy for them. Wei put
the ship right at the dhow's broadside, and we
her square in two and rolled the bow one
way and the stern the other, while tho living,
wounded and dead went into the sea together.
York Sun.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Sunday for French Soldiers.

Gen Boulanger has decided that if review
and other military spectacles IN Sunday are
an occasion Tor outdoor recreation for the
civilian, they are 4 cause Of worse than use
less fatigue to the soldier, who greatly needs
to rest one day in the seven. He has therefore
decreed that Sunday is to be devoted to re-
pose in the army, and that all military services
that is not absolutely necessary is on that day
to be suppressed Well conducted soldier
are, when not engaged in Indispensable Sun.
day duty, to obtain Il they ask It, permission
70 spend the seventh day out Of basyscn.-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
War Movements.

BERLIN, February 9.-Ths Beliner Mach
riehten says: It has authentic information
that General Boulangsr, the French Minis
ter Of War, is preparing for a movement Of
troops to the eastern frontier, and four
battallions OF infantry to go to Verdun
and Toul, and quarters are being prepared
to receive them. A brigade OF cavalry will
also 60 to Verdun. Provision trains to
Toul for battalions in Algiers has been or
dered to France. Boulanser instructed the
military railway commission regarding a
permanent session. The Nachritchen adds:
Paris advices state that. owing to urgent
representations by colleagues, General Bou-
LANCER postponed the issuing ofthese orders
until the 2lst.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Fight to the Finish,

Troy, N. Y, February 9.-Sporting men
from New York, Albany and Troy left the
latter city about midnight by special train
to witness what wal announced to be q
fight to a finish between Tommy Warren,
feather weight champion, and Robert
Haight, local featherweight. Eight rounds
were fought, Haight standing up remark
ably well, and giving Warren a black eye,
but refusing to respond after the eighth
round, in which Warren manifestly had the
advantage. Haight insisted that he had
agreed to stand up only that many rounds,
but the referee did not SO understand it
and the fight was awarded to Warren.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
More Indian DeYiJtrY.

DENVER, February 9.-An Albuquerque,
N. NJ, special to the News says: Geo.
Lockhart, deputy sheriff of Navajo Springs,
accompanied by Ed. Palmer and Tom King,
started Monday morning for Navajo
Reservation to arrest an Indian for
DEMONSTRATING. They found him on the
OF the tribe. The Indian resisted and
Lockhart shot and killed him instantly.
The other Indians opened fire on the three
men, and Lockhart, Palmer and King were
killed and left lying where they fell. A
sheriff's posse killed two Indians and
wounded two others. The Indians then
rode off to Benefits store. near Manula
station. on tho A. & P. R. R., and stole all
the provisions they could carry off. The
excitement is high, and people living around
the reservation are afraid the entire tribe
will 30 on the a. path, and another In
dian war il imminent.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
ROYAL Artiata,

Mr.. Labouchere in Truth bluntly say that
"there is no special merit" in the queens
sketshes, while as for the Princess Beatrice,
she lis about up to the standard of the aver
age amateur, which means that nobody would
care to look twice at her work"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Killed by . Desperate.

SAN ANTONIO, February 9.-Iniermatien
has been received here of tho murder at
Cancan yesterday Of r. H. Johnston, tho
Postmaster. by Charles Ray, q noted des-
perado. Ray heard that Johnston had re-
csived Q warrant for his arrest by mail,
and killed him In cold blood. Ray was ar.
rssted and will probably b lyushsd,
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and Japs.

The Chinese are Turanians, who have never
in the worlds history, as a race, been con
querors and civilizers. They have, in some
instances, established barbaric empires
Egypt, Assyria, Carthage, older India and
China are instances-but they have never
reached the higher plane of human develop.
ment. The dominating japanese classes are
Indo- Europeans, who from their race-cradle
in the shadows Of the lofty Hindoo-Kush
mountains have gone forth to conquer coun.
tries and build empires from the Indian
ocean on the one side west to the shores OF
the Pacific on the other. The Grecian and
Roman empires of ancient times, the Ger.
man, Anglo-Saxon, French and American
nations are the achievements Of these indom'
table races. The Japanese, in their unex
ampled progress Of the past two decades, bid
fair to be a worthy sister race to those which
have built these empires and established these
civilizations.
The handful Of Indo- European conquerors
of the japanese islands have maintained
their race characteristics through more than
5000 years. They have the same high our
age that their far off ancestors had when
they left their continental homes in search OF
wider and more fertile fields and more genial
skies and climates. They conquered the
brave and hardy aboriginal race of the isl.
ands, repulsed and almost annihilated the
Mongol hosts sent by the great Kublai Kahn
to conquer their country, carried on a sue
cessful war Of conquest against Corea and
sent fleets Of hardy sailors to ravage the
coasts of China, which was so successfully
done that even the old capital and great city
of Marking was taken by them.
After the lapse Of long centuries the feat
ures of these descendants of the conquerors
are easily d~istinguishab1e. They have an
almost perfect Greoian profile, with high
hridged noses. low cheek homes and thin lips.
These facial characteristics are seen more
markedly among the pure blooded of the en-.
peror's nobility at Kioto, the old capital.
They characterize all the upper classes, with
few exceptions. The nobility, the men al
arms and the old landed proprietors have
these distinctive features. The smaller farm.
ers, the artisans and mechanics, the mer.
chants and bankers, and the laborers have
the features Of the conquered or Kamchat-
kan race. These latter have low foreheads,
q bridgeless fiat nose, high cheek bones, and
thick lips. In the lady and her maid and in
the landowner and his laborers you will see
these two contrasting types-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate Of Scion johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given BY the undersigned. Ex-
ecutors of the last Will and Testament of Scion
Johnson deceased, to the creditors of and all per
sons having claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers, with
In ten months after the first publication Of this
notice, to the said Executors at Court Room OF
Probate Court in the County Of Silver Bow.
Dated January 18th, 1887.
Sc LARABIE & c. K. LARABIE.
Executors Of the last Will, and Testament of
eOLON JOHNSON, deceased.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Ate tho Ill.Omened Birds.

A citizen of B%rantford, Canada, went
shooting, got good bag of rows. and the
family cooked and ate the il-omened birds.
The result was that each person became vic.
lently i'll, and was saved with difficulty by
the local doctors.-New York Sun.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
A Relic.

The late W. II. Montague, of Boston, was
of Warren at Bunker Hill. The precious
relic will now probably pass into the Boston
ian society's collection.-New York Tribune,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Surgery for Piano Players.

Surgery for piano-forte players" as rec.
commended by one Of the leading piano-forte
teachers OF this city, and now being rushed
at in San Francisco to a degree that will at
least make this an interesting spot for the rest
Of the musical world to watch, in seeing how
such q large average of the venturesome come
out. The clever physician. with his knife
made expressly for the purpose. and his
cocaine, admits he knows little about piano.
forte playing, but is told that the results Of
the operation are satisfactory. There then
follows something about liability to "loss of
grip" etc.
During tho halcyon era Of piano art, when
Liszt was electrifying Europe, and Mendels-
sohn and Chopin vying with each other in the
production Of compositions ~embodying the
utmost artistic perfection; and when gigantic
Beethoven was astonishing Vienna with q
succession Of his sonatas-why was there no
kniving theni Surgeons were skillful fifty
years ago, and knew as much of tho mechaI.
ism of the hand rs to-day. There were en-
thusiasts i'll those days who would have gone
to the bottom of this method and as readily
yielded themselves up to a trial of it, and yet
we do not read of any haIn-strung artists
coming to the front. Yes, there was one who
tried a royal road toperfection. Poor Robert
Schulnann essayed some expediting method
on his third finger, and ran himself hopelessly
and disastrously out Of the field of e~xecutants.
He has stood as a warning monument from
those days as to mechanical ~contrivances and
all sorts of e%xtraneous lodges, aud it would
be well for every intending victim to the
knife method to first read through bis SAD
vice to Young Musicians. Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Verv important Matte

Very Important Matter.
Clara Bobby's big sister)-I heard father
calling you a little while ago, Bobby.
Bobby-Did he say Robert or Bobby!
Clara-He said Robert.
Bobby with a serious look in his eyes,
Then I guess I had better see what he wants.
-Harper's Bazar.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
WORKING CLASSES, ATTENTION.!

We are now prepared to furnish all classes with
employment at home, the whole of the time, or
and profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn
from so cents to $50 per evening, and a proper
tional sum by devating all their time to the bust
ness. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as
men. That all who see this may send their ad-
dress and test the business, we make this offer.
To such as are not we'll satisfied we will send one
dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full
particulars and outfit free. Address GEORGE
Sr1NsoN 4 Co., Partland, Maine.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
STRIKES IN THE EAST.
That of the COal Miners Practically End
ed-The Longshoremen.

AuSL VI GA0 s|O0A AGoOsAOoAy 0
ed-The Longshoremen.
PIrTsBURG, February 9.-The strike OF
the 5000 Monongahela River coal miners
is practically settled, and work will be re.
sumed in nearly all the mines in the first,
second and third pools tomorrow at the
rate decided upon by the Miners National
Executive Board. Meetings were held by
the miners in the various pools last night,
and it was resolved to accept the compro-
mise suggested by the National Board. 1t
is expected that all the mines will be in
operation next Monday.
LANDING
New YORK, February Except for the
number OF longshoremen standing idle IN
the corners Of the streets, the river fronts
have assumed almost their normal appear
ance, though it required a larger number OF
men to do tho work than formerly. The
steamboat and railroad pier managers
all claim that the business is az good as be-
fore the strike, and that freight is being
moved with the utmost facility. Steamers
now leave at the advertised time, and the
jam OF freight on the railroad piers no
longer exists.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Home treatment

may begiven you on receipt of full descrip-
ton of symptoms. During our last stay of
three months in Butte We cured one hundred
and six y-three cases of Nasal Catarrh, and
over five hundred Cases Of weakness and dis
ability the male and female. Consultation Ell
Their personal or by letter is invited from per.
SONS suffering from any Chronic or Special
Disease. Besides being a graduate OF JET
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, DR..
Smith has taken q full Course CONSTRUCTION
in the university of Berlin and may be con-
suited in the German language. Piles radi-
cally cured without pain. Having been for
years connected administrations whose sole
province isthe treatment of Chronic and Spe.
ial diseases he safely promise to cure
q large majority OF the cases that present
themselves. Consultation free. Office Hours
10. a. m. to 4 p. M, Z to 8 p. m.
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T TO CREDITORS.

Estate Of John 6tambleton, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned Ad.
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hav.
inetclaims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them: with the necessary vouchers, within foul
months afeer the first publication of this notice
to the said Administration ct ofice Of Anaconda
Mining Company In Butte City, in the County
Of Silver Bow.
Dated January 18th, 1857.
MATHEW SULLIVAN.
MICHAEL CERROLL.
Admin1aefatots Qf the Eatate Of John stamhleton,
deceased,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12

French Lit~hographing and Color Printing
There are in Paris $50 photographic estab-
lishments, of which 200 are engaged in color
printing. The French lead all others In the
photographic art
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Something Unusual.

White persons have blacked up to initiate
negroes from time immemorial. For a negro
to "whiten up" to personate a white person is
something new. This occurred recently in
Montana, where a white child was required
in a drama A local little darby was the
only child obtainable, and much grease paint
was used in getting him to just the proper
complexion.-New York Sun.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Male Sex
SUFFERING FROM

any disease or disability affecting the Gen.
ito Urinary Organs, including all Cases Of
nervous, mental, and physical debility,
caused by indicretions in youth or ecxesses
in after life, we would say do not waste
your time by sending of for advertised
Specifics, but come to one who is well-known
in Montana as possessing that skill which
can only bederived from years of experience
in connection with institutions whose sole
province is the treatment OF Chronic and
Special Diseases. To those who are unable
to attend our Office we would say that a
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Female w eakness,

Our method of treating Prolapsus Uteri
Calling OF the womb) and all other dis
placements Of the organ, and all kinds Of
Female Troubles, symptoms OF which are
back-ache, burning pain on top Of the
head, feeling Of debility, general weakness,
lassitude, low spirits, languor, and ner-
v%oasness, is the most sensible, radical and
successful known to Medical Science. This
fact has been demonstrated by thousands
of cases that have been cured by US in Sam
Francisco and thoroughout the Pacific
Coast after the old plan had faild.
TO THOSE OF THE
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12

icious perfume OF her hair, l said to myself
Gt was partly the fault Of that Burgundy): u
will propose"
Well, and so I did; that is ten years ago
now; and I was accepted; and I I'M the most
miserable of man.
In the first place, as soon as I was married
and a family man, I had to set to work in
earnest. Good-by to the charades in The
Monde nlustre. Now I had to plunge up to
neck in those revolving documents. am
working up the question of morgues. I am
deep in the study Of dissecting rooms. It
sickens me; it disgusts me; but I have three
children and I am onlya clerk at 5000 francs
a year. With a view to showing myself of
in the eyes of my superiors as a clever special
ist and a man well up in his subject, I have
published several pamphlets whose titles alone
make me shudder.
"Morgues, as They Have Been, as They
Are, and as They Ought to Be" in one
volume oct. or sOn the Danger Of Hasty
Burials," pamph. in s; and at this very mo
ment I am preparing a voluminous report
on Suburban Cemeteries, and the Carriage
of Deceased Persons by Rail, as Much from
the Point of View Of Decency as Of Public
Hygiene" I, a flute player! !, who used to
write sonnets!
That reminds mo Of my poor flute my
beautiful flute! It has not been out OF it,
case this many q long day. nor my good meer.
schaum either. Music and ~reveris, they Az
~ vsey well Tor posS and bachalorsi
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TO THOSE OF THE
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-01
PART IL.

Another tor the postman waits
Upon that autumn day.
woman, bowed, and grey, and old,
Who smiles to see him stay
Ills steps, and give, O message meet
10 thrill her heart with joy;
letter, far too long delayed,
from her dear, wandering boy.
1'no yet, the writing is not his!
Anunkown strangers hand,
whose tale of sickness, pain and death
One cannot understand.
opon the broad sayannas free,
ar stretching toward the West
"nere tender grasses gently wave,
0ur comrade found his rest.
VI weeks his hopeful dream had been
mat soon bis wanderings past,
Ooptent with scenes his boyhood knew,
ned settle down at last
~ y, 'eSer laid its parching palm
opon his stalwart frame;
Orlei, hard struggle hand to hand,
Allu then the summons came.
"eSe his last words; 'Twould easier be
# for one moments space
might lean On my mothers breast
aug look in her dear face.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-01
My LADY's TOILET.

The very latest styles Of ladies gloves
are stitched down the back.
Sleeves are placed very high upon the
bodice, and have only enough fullneSs to
adapt them to the shape Of the shoulder
English dressmakers are making the
skirts of visiting costumes long enough
to rest upon the ground, but ordinary
walking costumes are short all around.
PluSh-lined kid gloves are among the
choicest of winter luXu1eS for inval1dS
They come in the mousquetaire styles in
all the dark colors.
Many Of the winter wraps imported
from London have a WaiStCoat and tac-
ings of contrasting color, and single
button by which the facings may be
closed, and the garment made to assume
a sombre appearance.
Many of the felt bonnetS have a felt,
grmp-like trimming around the brim.
This is made of felt cut in narrow strips
and made into loops. There are ball
beads of wood covered with felt and
placed on the brim edge.
The hair is still piled up at the top of
the head, ard well brushed up from the
nape of the neck; the only change is
that in front the hair is no longer maSsed
over the forehead A few light curlS
or waves fall on each side, but the hair
is brushed up well off the temples, leav-
ing the ears quite free.
The fashion of wearing ornaments in
the high coils of hair arranged a Ia a.
boaaise, is by no means decreasing in